417. Editorial Note
On April 15, the Department of State transmitted to the White House a memorandum asking the President to send personal messages to Prime Minister Nehru, the Shah of Iran, the King of Morocco, Emperor Haile Selassie, and President Bourguiba of Tunisia requesting support for the U.S.-Canadian proposal at the Law of the Sea Conference. The same memorandum noted that Secretary of State Herter was sending similar messages to 20 Prime Ministers or Foreign Ministers. (Department of State, Central Files, 399.731/4–1560)
[Page 793]The texts of the 5 Presidential messages and the 20 sent by Herter were transmitted telegraphically to the appropriate posts on April 15 and 16. (Ibid., 399.731/4–15.60 and 4–1660)